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Lermite

1979 · 26 min

A quiet, reflective portrait that lingers on paintings and landscapes, asking you to look closely rather than follow a story.

Directed by
Marcel Schüpbach
Genres
Documentary
Overview
"Every landscape, like every subject, ends up looking like the painter who paints it" A posthumous tribute to painter Lermite (1920-1977), whose real name was Jean-Pierre Schmid.

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Directed by
Marcel Schüpbach
Genres
Documentary
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    Themes
    • art
    • identity
    • memory
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    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
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    • Language none
    • Violence none
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    Humour1
    Realism9
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    Tension1
    Darkness2
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Marcel Schüpbach
    Runtime
    26 min
    Country
    Switzerland
    Languages
    French

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